russians just attacked Kyiv with ballistics again

The Patriot system is pretty much the only thing that can effectively destroy ballistics. When we don’t have enough Patriot missiles, russian ballistics can easily reach their targets: civilian houses, schools, hospitals etc.

By the way, ballistics are usually very, very fast and can reach their destination in a few minutes. Quite often, we literally don’t have the time to run to the bomb shelter.

And at this exact moment, we have no Patriot missiles left, so russians are happy to attack us with ballistics all the fucking time.

Do you know who has Patriots and missiles for them? USA. Some other NATO countries as well, but mostly USA, as they are the primary manufacturers of Patriot systems.

Ukrainian officials are constantly asking for more anti-ballistic missiles to protect our sky. They have also asked for licenses required to produce such anti-ballistic missiles in Ukraine.

It's the fourth year of the full-scale invasion and the twelfth year of Russia's war against Ukraine as a whole. Thousands of statements saying – "We are deeply concerned". Thousands more saying – "We must stand united".

And yet, when it comes to allowing Russian soldiers into Europe, the deciding factor is the money they bring as tourists. Some countries are literally worried about losing tourism revenue, regardless of where that money comes from.

People were outraged when the Olympic Committee argued that sport should be a "second chance" for people, regardless of what they had done during the war.

But Europe is effectively doing the same thing through tourism.

So in Europe, it's entirely possible for a Ukrainian refugee — a mother with her child, for example — to run into the very person who killed her relatives, committed sexual violence against civilians, took part in torture, or committed other war crimes, simply because he came there for a vacation.

idk it's just so bizarre to me how we can be dragging the bodies of our artists and scientists and all the great people from under the rubble every single day and the world watches and tells us that music is out of politics, sport is not politics, literature is not politics etc

not only did our families live through the horror that was the ussr but now we gotta be reminded of that shit constantly in the community that we're supposed to share as queer people

not to mention that the ussr wasnt even communist it was just fascist. why are u communists using the symbols of fascists. it just looks like ur idolizing a fascist state.

It was an operation performed by our police which involved creating a massive database of queer people, they would track those people down, force them to sign documents, provide fingerprints, make confessions, denounce their partners or colleagues.

The "situation" is your country committing genocide against Ukraine.

You can't even be honest on your own Tumblr page. And your clients might end up funding, through the taxes you pay with their money or through your own donations to your country's army (because some westerners quickly forget that a person can actually support their country's actions, especially when they phrase things like this), the continued killing of ukrainians.

In Darnytskyi district, a 9-story residential building collapsed - destruction from the 1st to the 6th floor.

In Pecherskyi district, hits were recorded in the courtyards of the residential complex "French Quarter", "Fountain Boulevard" and Trinity. Dozens of cars were destroyed and damaged, a private clinic was destroyed.

In Desnyanskyi district, an apartment building was damaged, people may be under the rubble.

In Shevchenkivskyi district, residential buildings and a medical institution were damaged. Doctors were injured, one of the paramedics is in extremely serious condition.

More than 20 residential buildings in the capital have been damaged, and rescue operations are ongoing at 15 locations.

In the Darnytskyi district, rescuers have rescued 17 people, seven of whom were freed from the rubble. At the same time, a search is underway for people who may be trapped under the rubble.

A trip to my grandma's town (now completely destroyed) that used to take me an hour before 2014, could take anywhere from seven to over ten hours, or even more. And it cost a lot of money for the ride, because they quickly banned public bus transit to make a profit on transportation.

It wasn't a mere inconvenience. Imagine ten hours in the steppe, under the scorching summer sun, in a car that quickly turns into a microwave. Imagine hours in frigid winter temperatures, open to all the winds. Now imagine that Donetsk's elderly, the pensioners, had to make that trip every month to get their Ukrainian pensions, because the banking system couldn't operate under the occupation. Only they had to make the crossing mostly on foot, having no money to spare on rides. Frying under the sun, standing in lines to get their documents checked by the russian terrorists, having strokes, dying in those queues.

I'm not even talking about the crippling anxiety you feel, waiting for them to check your phone, to ask you stupid questions, knowing they can do anything to you and suffer no repercussions, because the law doesn't apply there. Sometimes hearing the artillery duels in the distance, seeing flashes. Disassociating.

All the while, russians lived comfortably in their terrorist state, not caring about the war they're waging in the neighboring country, or the death and suffering they're causing. Because they weren't interested in politics.

I was once told not to refer to myself as Polish because I am a Jew by someone I had met literally 15 minutes earlier. That was the moment I stopped telling people where my family LIVED, and just started saying I’m Jewish.